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What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Aske much to have a little.
Aske much to have a little.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
